The Meaning of Jeremiah 50:32 Explained

Jeremiah 50:32

KJV: And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round about him.

YLT: And stumbled hath pride, And he hath fallen, and hath no raiser up, And I have kindled a fire in his cities, And it hath devoured all round about him.

Darby: and the proud one shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up; yea, I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all that are round about him.

ASV: And the proud one shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up; and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all that are round about him.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the most proud  shall stumble  and fall,  and none shall raise him up:  and I will kindle  a fire  in his cities,  and it shall devour  all round about  him. 

What does Jeremiah 50:32 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Jeremiah 50

1  The judgment of Babylon and the redemption of Israel

What do the individual words in Jeremiah 50:32 mean?

And shall stumble the most proud and fall and no one him will raise up and I will kindle a fire in his cities and it will devour all around him -
וְכָשַׁ֤ל זָדוֹן֙ וְנָפַ֔ל וְאֵ֥ין ל֖וֹ מֵקִ֑ים וְהִצַּ֤תִּי אֵשׁ֙ בְּעָרָ֔יו וְאָכְלָ֖ה כָּל־ סְבִיבֹתָֽיו ס

וְכָשַׁ֤ל  And  shall  stumble 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: כָּשַׁל  
Sense: to stumble, stagger, totter.
זָדוֹן֙  the  most  proud 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: זָדֹון  
Sense: pride, insolence, presumptuousness, arrogance.
וְנָפַ֔ל  and  fall 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: נָפַל  
Sense: to fall, lie, be cast down, fail.
וְאֵ֥ין  and  no  one 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb
Root: אַיִן 
Sense: nothing, not, nought n.
מֵקִ֑ים  will  raise  up 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Participle, masculine singular
Root: קוּם 
Sense: to rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up.
וְהִצַּ֤תִּי  and  I  will  kindle 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Conjunctive perfect, first person common singular
Root: יָצַת  
Sense: to kindle, burn, set on fire.
אֵשׁ֙  a  fire 
Parse: Noun, common singular
Root: אֵשׁ  
Sense: fire.
בְּעָרָ֔יו  in  his  cities 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.
וְאָכְלָ֖ה  and  it  will  devour 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person feminine singular
Root: אָכַל  
Sense: to eat, devour, burn up, feed.
סְבִיבֹתָֽיו  around  him 
Parse: Adverb, third person masculine singular
Root: מוּסָב 
Sense: places round about, circuit, round about adv.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation